Maybe cats and dogs can live together, after all. Sources close to the matter revealed today that the Eclipse Foundation has joined the Java Community Process. A quick check of the JCP membership list reveals that the Foundation is listed as a member. The sources also said that Eclipse joined the JCP this week, and that the formal announcement is scheduled for next week.

SWT is a great alternative, which is why Eclipse was on the tips of everyone's tongue before. But starting with Java 5, Swing (and with the help of the new scripting language in Java 6) has become much more viable solution for cross platform, fast and "pretty" user interfaces.

Now once Sun deals with all the Java Web Start , and the Java Media Framework complaints, We may see a Java renaissance...

ok back to the article itself. Can someone explain what exactly would change in Eclipse? This is mostly a business move to me and as such has very little relevance to me personally and/or any eclipse developer. I understand that things might change in say and year or two but there still hasn't been any official announcement as to what changes the JCP membership would bring so what are you guys so ecstatics about?